I Can’t Wait to Read This New Book!

On Sunday, I received an email from my darling friend Tracy with the subject line “Say hello to your friends ” If you’re anything like me, that sentence refers to one thing, and one thing only.

The Baby-Sitters Club books! The theme song is stuck in your head now, isn’t it?

Tracy emailed a link to a recent interview BSC author Ann M. Martin gave to Lemondrop. I’ve read it about ten times since yesterday! The author chats about the just-released BSC prequel, The Summer Before, and she also spills that she’s most like BSC secretary Mary Anne Spier, obvs. She explains that she feels the characters and their emotions are timeless. I must say, I totally agree. I am so thrilled to read The Summer Before—I’m feeling all sorts of nostalgic just thinking about it!

When I was a kid, I devoured The Baby-Sitters Club books. In fact, my obsession with the books is one of the reasons I wanted to become a writer.

What were your favorite books to read growing up? Do you ever re-read them now? As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? How did you decide? And did you read The Baby-Sitters Club books? Which girl did you most identify with?

P.S. Baby-sitting must be in the air; earlier today Christine over at Storked! wrote about how difficult it can be to find a new one!